Taking on more water

Sometimes we think Sanofi is like the Titanic a huge ship which many thought unsinkable, only to hit that pesky iceberg and sink to the bottom of the ocean. When we learned yesterday that the U S Patent and Trademark Office had rejected Sanofi’s infringement claims relating to Lantus we thought not just did the Titanic hit the iceberg but it backed up to make sure they hit it twice.

Perhaps the Titanic is the wrong example as the Keystone Cops might be more appropriate considering the company settled an IP lawsuit with Lilly allowing them to launch Basaglar . . .